Saginaw County Assistant Prosecutor Bernard Coppolino told the jurors that Cuellar entered the station about 6:50 p.m., brandished a BB gun, and left in a vehicle with more than $300. Police spotted the suspect vehicle at Sheridan and Treanor in Saginaw and arrested Cuellar after a brief foot chase, Coppolino said.

When police apprehended Cuellar, they asked him where the gun was, and he told them where he threw it, Coppolino said. Two of the clerks at the station identified Cuellar as the robber a short time later, the prosecutor said.

Cuellar gained parole from prison about eight months prior to the incident, according to state Department of Corrections records. He served just less than 25 years in prison for first-degree criminal sexual conduct.

— Andy Hoag covers courts for MLive/The Saginaw News. Email him at ahoag@mlive.com or follow him on Twitter @awhoag